President Edgar Lungu has said that some countries in the region have been requesting the Zambia Police Service to train their officers because of the high rating it gets from regional bodies.
The President said that the request to have foreign officers trained in Zambia and some countries wanting to benchmark their security wings with the Zambia Police is attributed to the service’s good performance during peace keeping and similar engagements in the region.
President Lungu has however noted that inadequate infrastructure at training colleges has made the service reluctant to take up the challenge.
In a speech read for him by Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo at a pass out of 969 recruit officers at Lilayi Police College today, President Lungu noted that government will continue investing in the service to improve its operations.
The head of state said the graduation and deployment of the 969 recruits will help address low staffing levels in the country.
And Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja reminded graduands that their career calls for high levels of integrity hence the need to stay away from crime and politics and be loyal to the government of the day.
And Lilayi Police College Commandant Jestus Nsokolo said the 993 officers had initially been enrolled but 24 did not complete the training.
Congratulations are in order for the new officers.
Atase! The most corrupt institution in the country getting congratulations? yayi. Lungu must be in dream land Zambia Police being appreciated by which neighbour’s? They must be pathetic neighbors
Maybe he means countries like Nigeria which are amazed at the inventive levels of corruption in Zambia and want to learn from our corrupt police under pf. My Swiss white wife whilst in Zambia was once asked by a police officer to help him with lunch money. Surely how can such people avoid being corrupted? My clever white wife was very disappointed.it is one of reasons she made us move to Europe for a few months. She doesn’t want our mixed race kids learning corruption
Botswana is the 1st rated country in Africa in Polic service, why would they request training from a corrupt police force for training?
Kwena mwe! Bufi bwa musango Shani ubu?
A note to those countries. “Sometimes the grass appears greener on the other side because it’s fertilized by bulls.hit..”
It doesn’t seem like they get any form of training at all.
Ruthless and corrupt are most of them.
Black people should not have to behave like clowns to confirm that they are negro.Or provide proof to whites of their race.Whites come as tourists to black nations.Looking for odd or funny scenes to photograph.Black nations in their pride should not be selling this type of tourism.Peter Carlos Hinds.
The white man is looking for the ideal negro.The white man’s head wants cutting off.Peter Carlos Hinds.
Heading please! Take the editor for GCE before Tailoka becomes active
Appreciate you own iweee,buloshi ubo if you can not accept your children,honestly are you normal? denying your own, this is our country iweee.
Lazy Lungu just wants more Chink loans as they have made alot of money from those housing units…I mean if they tendered genuine contracts of those loans there would be enough for those much needed facilities.
What kind of a headline is that ba Editor? What is it saying?